The Boston Bombers and the theory of relative laziness

12:51 PM,
May 1, 2013

Written by

Tina Dupuy

My working theory-you could call it a philosophy, or a freestanding reason of how the world works-is what I call the Theory of Relative Laziness. It goes like this: Never attribute anything to conspiracy, coordination or planning when laziness could explain it. Call it Occam's Armchair.

While perusing the weirder corners of the Internet the other day I stumbled upon the Flat Earth Society's website. They believe-and claim to have plenty of evidence-that the world is not a sphere, it's flat. Why? According to their site it's because the world looks flat. The first question in their FAQs is, ...